From AMOLITOR@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU Wed Jun 27 23:43:43 1990 Received: from eagle.wesleyan.edu by atreus.umiacs.UMD.EDU (5.61/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id AA18788; Wed, 27 Jun 90 23:43:40 -0400 Message-Id: <9006280343.AA18788@atreus.umiacs.UMD.EDU> Date: 27-JUN-1990 23:44:03.72 From: Andrew Subject: Std. element names for boot.u To: mjr@atreus.umiacs.umd.edu, jennifer@valkyrie.ecn.uoknor.edu Status: R This is the lastest copy of this document *I* have, it does includes only those elements used by the original universe rules. Chrys, could you fill in those elements pertaining to containers and vehicles, and re-distribute this? Andrew GENERAL FIELDS: - anything can have one of these .dsc - description (string) .nam - name (string) .suc - success message (string) .osuc - osucc (string) .fl - fail (string) .ofl - ofail (string) ._cnt - contents (list) .lck - lock (function) THING FIELDS: - things which are neither rooms nor exits can have these ._loc - location (object number) [.drp - a 'drop' string. If it exists, it is echoed to #actor when the object is dropped] [.odrp - an 'odrop' string. Echoed to everyone else in the room, with #actor's pre-pended, when the object is dropped] .* - object functions. Searched by the monitor provided the object is being used by the actor. ROOM FIELDS: ._ply - players in the room (list) .ex - room exits (list) .ent - list of incoming exits (list) [._cnt - is things in the room that are not players or exits] [._drk - more stuff in the room. These are DARK, and are just like DARK things in TinyMUD] [.suc is printed to you when you arrive] [.osuc is printed to everyone else when someone arrives] [.fl ??? The TinyMUD room lock system is dumb] [.ofl ??? The TinyMUD room lock system is dumb] [.parr - called when a player arrives ] [.plv - called when a player leaves ] [.oarr - called when an object arrives (or is dropped)] [.olv - called when an object leaves (or is taken)] [.lck is used - for what ? called when someone arrives ??] .* - room functions (funcs searched by monitor) PLAYER FIELDS: ._use - things the player is using [._cnt is things that the player is carrying] [.lck is used - for what ?] EXIT FIELDS: .dst - destination (object #) [.arr - a string echoed in the destination room (preceded by the arriving thing's name) to each player there.] [.nam usually contains a lot of cookie characters for aliasing exits] [.suc is printed to you when you leave] [.osuc is printed to everyone else when you leave] [.fl is printed when you attempt to pass through the exit but it is locked against you] [.ofl is printed to everyone else when you attempt to pass through the exit, but it is locked against you] [.lck is called - if present] From jennifer@valkyrie.ecn.uoknor.edu Fri Jun 29 12:29:52 1990 Received: from uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu by atreus.umiacs.UMD.EDU (5.61/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id AA03112; Fri, 29 Jun 90 12:28:19 -0400 Received: from valkyrie.ecn.uoknor.edu by uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (5.61/1.35) id AA15769; Fri, 29 Jun 90 11:24:19 -0500 Received: by valkyrie.ecn.uoknor.edu. (4.0/SMI-4.0) id AA00661; Fri, 29 Jun 90 10:03:19 CDT Message-Id: <9006291503.AA00661@valkyrie.ecn.uoknor.edu.> From: jennifer@valkyrie..ecn.uoknor.edu (Moira) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 10:03:17 CDT X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.1.1 5/02/90) To: amolitor@eagle.wesleyan.edu, mjr@atreus.umiacs.umd.edu Status: R GENERAL FIELDS: - anything can have one of these .dsc - description (string) .nam - name (string) .suc - success message (string) .osuc - osucc (string) .fl - fail (string) .ofl - ofail (string) ._cnt - contents (list) .lck - lock (function) THING FIELDS: - things which are neither rooms nor exits can have these ._loc - location (object number) [.drp - a 'drop' string. If it exists, it is echoed to #actor when the object is dropped] [.odrp - an 'odrop' string. Echoed to everyone else in the room, with #actor's pre-pended, when the object is dropped] [.cont - shows that it's a container] .* - object functions. Searched by the monitor provided the object is being used by the actor. ROOM FIELDS: ._ply - players in the room (list) .ex - room exits (list) .ent - list of incoming exits (list) [._cnt - is things in the room that are not players or exits] [._drk - more stuff in the room. These are DARK, and are just like DARK things in TinyMUD] --- note: this does not exist in my boot.u [._veh - list of vehicles in room] [.suc is printed to you when you arrive] [.osuc is printed to everyone else when someone arrives] [.fl ??? The TinyMUD room lock system is dumb] [.ofl ??? The TinyMUD room lock system is dumb] [.parr - called when a player arrives ] [.plv - called when a player leaves ] [.oarr - called when an object arrives (or is dropped)] [.olv - called when an object leaves (or is taken)] [.lck is used - for what ? called when someone arrives ??] [.sub - list of subrooms (@.announce checks for them)] [._loc - used if this room is a subroom] .* - room functions (funcs searched by monitor) PLAYER FIELDS: ._use - things the player is using [._cnt is things that the player is carrying] [.lck is used - for what ?] EXIT FIELDS: .str - starting location .dst - destination (object #) [.arr - a string echoed in the destination room (preceded by the arriving thing's name) to each player there.] [.nam usually contains a lot of cookie characters for aliasing exits] [.suc is printed to you when you leave] [.osuc is printed to everyone else when you leave] [.fl is printed when you attempt to pass through the exit but it is locked against you] [.ofl is printed to everyone else when you attempt to pass through the exit, but it is locked against you] [.lck is called - if present] VEHICLE FIELDS: ._loc - current location .cont - shows that it is a container [._cnt - list of contents] [._ply - list of players] [.ex - list of exits (this is essentially a mobile room)] [.ent - list of entrances (")] [.sub - list of subrooms (")] [.suc - printed when you enter the vehicle] [.osuc - printed to others when you enter the vehicle] [.fl - printed when you can't enter the vehicle] [.ofl - printed to others when you can't enter the vehicle] [.drp - printed when you exit the vehicle] [.odrp - printed to others when you exit the vehicle] [.lck - called when you attempt to enter the vehicle] [.arr - printed to people in vehicle when you enter] [.parr, .oarr, .plv, .olv could be called as well (aren't checked for yet)]